translation for key stage 3 - queen's university belfast

Chris Jardine

NICILT, Queen’s University Belfast

TRANSLATION FOR KEY STAGE 3 GERMAN WORKBOOK I

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NICILT Translation for Key Stage 3 (German) Chris Jardine

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Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 1

About the author .................................................................................................................................... 2

Preface .................................................................................................................................................... 2

Translation Top Tip Tweets ..................................................................................................................... 3

Translation Exercises ............................................................................................................................... 5

Direct Translation – German to English .............................................................................................. 5

Exercise 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 5

Exercise 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 6

Exercise 3 ........................................................................................................................................ 7

Exercise 4 ........................................................................................................................................ 7

Exercise 5 ........................................................................................................................................ 8

Exercise 6 ........................................................................................................................................ 8

Exercise 7 ........................................................................................................................................ 9

Exercise 8 ........................................................................................................................................ 9

Exercise 9 ...................................................................................................................................... 10

Exercise 10 .................................................................................................................................... 10

Inverse Translation – English to German .......................................................................................... 11

Exercise 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 11

Exercise 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 12

Exercise 3 ...................................................................................................................................... 12

Exercise 4 ...................................................................................................................................... 13

Exercise 5 ...................................................................................................................................... 13

Exercise 6 ...................................................................................................................................... 14

Exercise 7 ...................................................................................................................................... 15

Exercise 8 ...................................................................................................................................... 15

Exercise 9 ...................................................................................................................................... 16

Exercise 10 .................................................................................................................................... 16


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About the author Chris Jardine is an MA French & Spanish student at the University of Edinburgh. Following a year studying at ISIT International School (Paris) and at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, he is on work placement at the Northern Ireland Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (NICILT) at Queen’s University Belfast.

Preface This workbook was made following curriculum changes that added translation to GCSE Modern Languages. It is designed to support teachers as they start teaching translation at the earlier stage of Key Stage 3. The workbook contains exercises for both direct (German-English) and inverse (English-German) translation. The worksheets of each section get progressively more difficult, with more challenging vocabulary and grammar

This workbook is designed with Year 8/Year 9 pupils in mind and is based on the Stimmt! 1 textbook, while Workbook II is based Stimmt! 2. They should, however, be compatible with an array of different textbooks. 

Some exercises are accompanied by “Schlüsselsätze”, which provide support for more challenging vocabulary, as well as some words and phrases that may be specific to the Stimmt! series. The “Um Mehr Wissen” sections are intended to make students think in more depth about German, the structures they are using, as well as some translation issues.

Chris Jardine August 2017


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Translation Top Tip Tweets


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Translation Exercises Direct Translation – German to English Exercise 1 You’ve just moved to a school in Hannover. Your new classmates are introducing themselves; can you translate what they are saying?

Guten Tag! Ich bin Peter, wie geht’s?

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Ich heiße Carolin. Ich bin kreativ.

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Ich bin Jasper, ich bin zwölf Jahre alt.

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Ich heiße Maria. Ich komme aus Österreich.

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Ich heiße Sven. Mein Lieblingssport ist Fußball.

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Hallo, ich heiße Sophie.

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Exercise 2 Your Swiss exchange partner has just sent you a WhatsApp message to introduce himself; can you translate what he is saying?

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Um Mehr Wissen

1. If “favourite sport” is “Lieblingssport”, what do you think “favourite subject”, “favourite day” and “favourite colour” would be? Hint: subject is “Fach”, day is “Tag” and colour is “Faber”.

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2. The exercise above will help you with Exercise 7!


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Exercise 3 You have just received a text from your German friend; can you translate what she is saying?

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Exercise 4 Lukas Braun is introducing himself; can you translate what he is saying?

Ich heiße Lukas Braun und ich bin fünfzehn Jahre alt. Es gibt fünf Personen in meiner Familie. Meine Mutter heißt Helga und sie ist sehr freundlich. Mein Vater heißt Hans und er ist superlustig. Ich habe auch zwei Schwestern. Sie heißen Sophie und Claudia. Sie sind sehr lästig.

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Lästig

annoying

SCHLÜSSELSÄTZE

Ein Kaninchen

A rabbit

Lustig

Funny

Niedlich

Cute

SCHLÜSSELSÄTZE


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Exercise 5 Angelika is describing her little sister; can you translate what she is saying into English?

Ich habe eine Schwester. Sie heißt Ruth und ihr Geburtstag ist am dritten März. Sie spielt gern Badminton und Wasserball. Sie liebt Sport, aber ich finde es stinklangweilig! Ich spiele gern Computerspiele.

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Exercise 6 You’ve just got a Facebook message from your Austrian friend; can you translate what he’s saying into English?

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Irre

Amazing

Nützlich

Useful

Nervig

annoying

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Exercise 7 Your German friend has just put up a new Facebook status; can you translate it into English?

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Exercise 8 Richard has just sent you an outline of his timetable; can you translate it into English?

Mein Stundenplan

Montag

Ich lerne Informatik, Musik und Geschichte

Dienstag Ich lerne English, Erdkunde und Chemie. Mittwoch Ich habe Theater, Sport und Kunst

Donnerstag Ich lerne Biologie und Französisch Freitag Ich lerne Physik und Betriebswirtschaftslehre

(Jeden Tag studiere ich Mathe und Deutsch.)

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Ein Stundenplan

Timetable

Sympathisch

Nice

Schwierig

difficult

SCHLÜSSELSÄTZE


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Exercise 9 You have just received a WhatsApp message from Marion, your Austrian friend. Can you translate what it says?

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Exercise 10 This is a Facebook message from your friend, Johannes. Can you translate it into English?

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Eine Kegelbahn

Bowling alley

In der Nähe von

Near

Radwege

Cycle lanes

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Inverse Translation – English to German Exercise 1 Markus has just joined your class. His English isn’t perfect yet; can you translate what his new classmates are saying?

Hi! I’m Daniel and I’m 14 years old.

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I’m Rachael, I come from Scotland.

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My name is Jake, my favourite sport is rugby.

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I’m Roisin, my favourite subjet is History.

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My name is Dave, I have two sisters.

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Hello! My name is Sarah.

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Exercise 2 Amy is about to send a WhatsApp message to her German exchange partner, Helga Schäfer. She has written a draft; can you help her translate it into German?

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Exercise 3 Your friend is trying to talk to your German exchange partner; can you translate for him?

Hello, my name is Jonathan and I’m 15 years old. At home, I have a dog and two guinea pigs. My dog is called Bella and she is very cute. My guinea pigs are called Charlie and Bernadette and they are rather fat.

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Countryside

Auf dem Land

SCHLÜSSELSÄTZE


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Exercise 4 You are about to send a Facebook message to your Austrian exchange partner. Here is a draft of the message; can you translate it into German?

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Exercise 6 You overhear this conversation; can you translate it for your German exchange partner?

Do you want to go shopping?

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No, I don’t have much money.

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Do you want to go to the park?

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No, it’s raining.

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Do you want to eat pizza or hamburgers?

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No, I hate fast food. I think it’s awful [schrecklich].

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You’re very fussy [wählerisch]! What do you want to do?

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I want to go to the swimming pool.

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Perfect, let’s go!

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Exercise 7 Your friend has just put up a new Facebook status; can you translate it for your German pen pal?

Exercise 8 You are going to send a WhatsApp message to your Austrian exchange partner. Here is a draft; can you translate it into German?

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What a nightmare!

Es war ein Alptraum!

SCHLÜSSELSÄTZE


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Exercise 9 You are on holiday and want to send a post card to your German friend; can you translate this draft into German?

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Exercise 10 You are out with your German pen pal and think that it’s time for dinner. Can you translate this into German, so that he will understand?

Are you hungry? At home, we have hamburgers, salad and chips. For dessert, we have ice cream. To drink, we have cola, mineral water and hot drinks. What would you like to have?

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